(PlastEurope) -- Greiner Packaging Switzerland, subsidiary of Greiner Packaging International (GPI, Kremsmunster / Austria), has appointed Tobias Strasser as its new CEO to succeed Andreas Frank on 1 January 2012. Frank will remain as CEO of the Greiner Group in Switzerland, which in addition to Greiner Packaging includes Rundpack and the Greiner Packaging Holding. In future, Frank also will oversee the group's west European operations as well as assuming other group management functions. At ⌠Division K, Strasser will be succeeded by Kenneth Boldog.
Perspectives of development of polymer markets, pricing issues and other important aspects will be discussed at The Polymers Summit-2011, which will be held in Moscow on November 30, 2011 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. The Summit will be organized by MRC with the support of ICIS. The main idea of the Summit is to find a "the golden mean" between producers and converters. When producers receive exactly such margin of production, which helps them to invest in production expansion in order to substitute polymers imports, and the converters receive such price of feedstock that helps them to compete imported finished products. The Summit site gives an access to the live video of the Summit, speakers" presentations, as well as opportunities to ask questions or make appointments to any Summit partcipant.